85% say their hospital has not provided proper training, education in response to possible Ebola infection Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014.  News of the first confirmed patient in the U.S. infected with the Ebola virus still has not led to effective communication with registered nurses who would be among the[Read More…]

Dept on Aging Ombudsman program protects & defends residents rights SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014.  October is Residents’ Rights month, as started in 1981 by the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care to highlight the importance of resident focused care.  In keeping with this year’s theme “Better Staffing:  They Key[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014.  Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck would like to reassure Illinoisans during this Ebola outbreak. “We understand there is anxiety surrounding Ebola, but we want to assure the public the Illinois Department of Public Health continues to work with hospitals, local health departments and[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. The President met this afternoon with his senior health, homeland security, and national security advisors to receive an update on the Ebola case in Texas, broader domestic preparedness plans, and U.S. and international efforts to contain and end the epidemic in West Africa. The President and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014 — 4:36 P.M. EDT MS. MONACO: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us here this afternoon. As you all can see, I’m joined here by a number of senior leaders in the United States government addressing this response. And let me take a minute to[Read More…]

Healthy Chicago initiative continues to increase awareness and opportunities for residents to take charge of their quality of life and well-being CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today launched its yearly awareness campaign to remind residents to get their flu shot. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Today, consumer and worker rights groups filed a joint amicus curiae brief with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Food & Water Watch v. USDA. The lawsuit challenges the agency’s New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) rules, a plan[Read More…]

Eliminating Battery Cages in Chicken Farms Will Reduce Risk of Salmonella Poisoning Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014.  Center for Food Safety (CFS) today thanks U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller for dismissing a legal challenge to California’s AB 1437, a law that protects public health by prohibiting the sale of eggs[Read More…]

AUSTIN–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014.   The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed a law to take effect that imposes medically unnecessary and prohibitively costly requirements on women’s health centers and will force them to close. This law will leave only seven women’s health centers for the state’s[Read More…]

Still twice as many people died from prescription opioid overdoses Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.  Heroin deaths increased sharply in many states, according to a report of death certificate data from 28 states published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Despite[Read More…]